From the way the political scene was shown, he was basically a shoo-in for the Presidency.

guys... nothing like that was ever presented to us as the audience, you're making it up.

we don't even know who his opponent(s) would have been. not to mention, he did have a very large scandal looming in his background, a payoff for a entitled son's hit and run, causing a death._________________

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It was strongly implied that Walden was a shoo-in for the presidency. Hence why Brody being his running mate was a meaningful plot point, because in the show it was treated the same as Brody being the veep. Obviously this is all irrelevant at this point, but there was simply no suggestion at any point in the show that Walden was anything but a shoo-in. I don't think we needed to see their internal Ohio polling to get that Walden was going to be president.

I mean hell, if we want to make historical parallels, Walden's path mirrored George H.W. Bush's, going from CIA director to vice president to presidential candidate/president, so in that sense Walden's rise to the presidency was inevitable. Which I guess makes little Finn Walden Homeland's Dubya?

Speaking of Finn Walden, what a sad sad tale his ended up being in the end. He was exposed as a deeply troubled child who was being molded to be a sociopath by his power-hungry parents, sure, but still, nobody deserves to get blown up at their father's memorial._________________

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The entire 'Brody as his running mate' storyline and Nazir's 'you will be useful to me as an inside man' thing is premised on the idea that Walden is favored to win. They didn't exactly pick Brody to snuggle up with the Green Party candidate here._________________

The entire 'Brody as his running mate' storyline and Nazir's 'you will be useful to me as an inside man' thing is premised on the idea that Walden is favored to win. They didn't exactly pick Brody to snuggle up with the Green Party candidate here.

sure, i get that. but Brody's an inside man to Walden whether Walden wins the presidency or not. since Nazir had the fallback plan of obtaining the pacemaker code.

i'm just saying we weren't shown anything that says Walden would have won, when we easily could have been shown a poll to that effect or comments that Walden's philosophies were a majority opinion. you guys are reaching, without substantiation.

in fact, the guy who hosted the fundraiser for Walden in The Clearing episode, even stated he wasn't all that thrilled with Walden. if those are his biggest supporters... well, then Walden could be more Mitt-ish than George HW any day.

VD, I honestly don't know where you're coming from with this. I felt it was very clearly implied that Walden was a clear front runner. It was a case of him building off of a strong two term President and an overall good situation for the country. We don't need to see a CNN breakdown.

VD, I honestly don't know where you're coming from with this. I felt it was very clearly implied that Walden was a clear front runner. It was a case of him building off of a strong two term President and an overall good situation for the country. We don't need to see a CNN breakdown.

say whut, Willis?

i don't think we know anything about the current President on the show, let alone that he was regarded as "strong." Walden didn't see him as strong, nor did he intend to "build off" of his administration. he stated the President was taking things in the wrong direction.

nor do we know he was a two-term Pres. he could be stepping away for bad health, for all we know.

I was always under the impression that Brody as VP would make it a sure thing that Walden would win the presidency. That is why Brody was hand picked to be VP, because he was an immensely popular war hero despite not serving public office. I don't have a specific quote or anything but that was always the implication in the show._________________
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The whole point of Brody teaming up with the VP is because the general consensus is that he was expected to win. Why would Nazir sign off on Brody's proposition to alter political legislation if that wasn't the case? Walden, barring a major setback, was expected to win. This is pretty obvious, VD._________________

sure, i get that. but Brody's an inside man to Walden whether Walden wins the presidency or not. since Nazir had the fallback plan of obtaining the pacemaker code.

i'm just saying we weren't shown anything that says Walden would have won, when we easily could have been shown a poll to that effect or comments that Walden's philosophies were a majority opinion. you guys are reaching, without substantiation.

in fact, the guy who hosted the fundraiser for Walden in The Clearing episode, even stated he wasn't all that thrilled with Walden. if those are his biggest supporters... well, then Walden could be more Mitt-ish than George HW any day.

sure, i get that. but Brody's an inside man to Walden whether Walden wins the presidency or not. since Nazir had the fallback plan of obtaining the pacemaker code.

i'm just saying we weren't shown anything that says Walden would have won, when we easily could have been shown a poll to that effect or comments that Walden's philosophies were a majority opinion. you guys are reaching, without substantiation.

in fact, the guy who hosted the fundraiser for Walden in The Clearing episode, even stated he wasn't all that thrilled with Walden. if those are his biggest supporters... well, then Walden could be more Mitt-ish than George HW any day.

the stuff in bold is all true.

You're right, there was nothing shown and that's on the fault of the writers..the best method of writing is to show and not tell, but there was every indication that this was the case. There's no reason to believe otherwise, barring major setback (ie. Car crash drama)_________________

I agree that it was implied that Walden was the presumed favorite to win the next election._________________
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